Evaluating patient satisfaction after nasal septoplasty using Peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) and nasal obstruction score questionnaire (NOSE)

Alexandru-Romulus Hut; M Poenaru; C Doros; A Sitaru; D Horhat; Eugen-Radu Boia; N Balica

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1711372

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Laryngorhinootologie 2020; 99(S 02): S364
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1711372

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Rhinology

Evaluating patient satisfaction after nasal septoplasty using Peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) and nasal obstruction score questionnaire (NOSE)

Authors

Alexandru-Romulus Hut

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania
M Poenaru

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania
C Doros

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania
A Sitaru

²The Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children "Louis Turcanu" Timisoara, Ent Timisora Romania
D Horhat

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania
Eugen-Radu Boia

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania
N Balica

¹ENT Clinic of Timisoara Timisora Romania

Abstract

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Introduction In this study we followed the PNIF changes and the relationship between patient satisfaction and PNIF values after septoplasty surgery.

Material and Methods We have enrolled 48 patients diagnosed with septal deviation and 32 patients without septal deviation. NOSE and PNIF were evaluated preoperatively in a first day of surgical intervention and 14 days postoperatively both groups of patients.

Results A significant correlation was found from the statistical viewpoint of the Pearson analysis between NOSE and PNIF scores (p = 0.03). A moderate correlation was identified between these two variables (r = 0.34).

Conclusions The NOSE and PNIF scores showed a statistically significant difference in the septal deviation group compared to the control group. The anterior and anterior-posterior septal deviations presented high NOSE scores and low PNIF scores.

Keywords peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF), nasal obstruction score questionnaire (NOSE), septoplasty